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The Dream of Enlightenment

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Dream of Enlightenment

By Anthony Gottlieb

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About the book

'This is a blast of fresh air' Jonathan Clark, TLS'Thank goodness for Gottlieb' Daily Telegraph'A joy to read' EconomistThe author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to RousseauIn a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy. ...Show more

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9780141000664

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Penguin Books Ltd

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2017

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1

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The Dream of Enlightenment

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